Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Buller Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 133491
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133491.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buller Co., New South Wales, Australia": 510
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 492

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Amosfield
Bonalbo
Boonoo Boonoo River
Drake District
Gilgurry State Forest
Legume
Morgans Gully (Tableland Creek; Golden Point)
Morgans Gully South Alluvials
Paddys Flat
Plumbago Creek
Pretty Gully
Quarry Hill Lode
Tabulam District
Tenterfield District
Tooloom
Undercliffe Falls
Upper Tooloom
Urbenville
Wilsons Downfall

Latitude: 28°42'57"S
Longitude: 152°18'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.715833333333,152.30611111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diamond	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Owyheeite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diamond Diaspore Digenite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Owyheeite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

76 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Digenite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Pearceite ()*
Platinum ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Powellite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	4	4598,4635,4637,5091	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	4636,4673	3092
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	4636	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	44	4598,4607,4624,4625,4647,4712,4726,4757,4761,4763,4783,4794,4831,4857,4891,4892,4900,4947,4957,4978,4984,4995,5003,5005,5023,5034,5053,5054,5057,5059,5060,5063,5066,5067,5070,5072,5074,5076,5077,5080,5083,5085,5093,5094	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5	4611,4628,4653,4670,4706	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	5089	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	5	4677,4891,4994,4999,5027	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	5027	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	4602,4611,4673,4708	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	36	4599,4602,4611,4615,4623,4624,4625,4630,4635,4636,4637,4639,4647,4652,4663,4673,4677,4680,4683,4684,4687,4726,4739,4757,4842,4891,4901,4936,4959,4964,5050,5059,5060,5067,5093,5094	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	46	4590,4677,4820,4846,4983,4985,4986,4987,4991,4993,4994,4997,5000,5001,5002,5008,5010,5011,5020,5021,5022,5027,5029,5030,5031,5032,5035,5037,5038,5040,5041,5042,5043,5049,5051,5062,5068,5069,5073,5075,5079,5086,5088,5089,5095,5098	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	4709,5045,5054,5080	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	8	4641,4657,4663,4684,4696,4739,4783,4791	352
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	7	4598,4611,4615,4628,4670,4673,4709	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	4598,4607,4611,4624,4625,4628,4643,4653,4670,4673,4687,4690,4706,4708,4709,4726,4740,4818,4891,5027,5034,5045,5067,5072,5093	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	3	4635,4680,5072	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	4891	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	4611,4740	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	5	5022,5068,5088,5089,5095	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	4611,4628,4688,4709	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	4611	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	4628	2970
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	5	5010,5037,5068,5088,5095	697
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	5067	126
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	4611	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	4709	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	4636,4709	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	5067,5082,5093	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	2	4670,4982	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	5050	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	58	4598,4605,4621,4630,4635,4637,4639,4642,4643,4649,4652,4653,4669,4673,4680,4687,4688,4691,4692,4709,4710,4726,4740,4783,4796,4831,4840,4852,4854,4857,4872,4873,4876,4891,4984,4990,4995,5004,5005,5023,5034,5044,5045,5053,5054,5057,5059,5060,5063,5067,5071,5072,5074,5077,5080,5093,5094,5097	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	4967,5072	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	296	4596,4598,4599,4600,4601,4602,4604,4606,4608,4611,4612,4613,4614,4618,4623,4624,4627,4630,4632,4634,4636,4637,4638,4639,4640,4642,4643,4644,4647,4650,4651,4653,4655,4657,4658,4659,4661,4662,4663,4665,4666,4667,4668,4671,4672,4673,4674,4678,4679,4680,4682,4683,4684,4685,4686,4687,4688,4693,4695,4696,4697,4698,4699,4700,4702,4703,4704,4707,4708,4709,4712,4715,4717,4718,4720,4723,4725,4726,4727,4728,4729,4730,4731,4732,4733,4734,4735,4736,4737,4740,4741,4742,4743,4745,4747,4748,4749,4750,4752,4753,4754,4755,4757,4758,4760,4761,4763,4764,4765,4766,4767,4769,4770,4773,4774,4776,4777,4778,4779,4780,4781,4782,4783,4784,4786,4787,4789,4790,4791,4793,4794,4795,4798,4799,4800,4801,4802,4803,4804,4805,4806,4807,4808,4809,4810,4811,4812,4813,4814,4815,4816,4817,4819,4823,4829,4830,4831,4835,4837,4838,4839,4840,4842,4843,4846,4847,4849,4850,4851,4853,4857,4860,4861,4864,4865,4867,4868,4872,4873,4875,4876,4878,4879,4880,4886,4887,4888,4889,4890,4891,4893,4894,4895,4896,4897,4898,4899,4900,4903,4905,4906,4907,4908,4909,4910,4911,4912,4913,4914,4915,4916,4918,4919,4920,4923,4924,4925,4927,4928,4929,4930,4931,4932,4934,4935,4936,4937,4938,4939,4940,4941,4942,4944,4945,4946,4947,4948,4949,4950,4951,4952,4953,4954,4955,4956,4957,4958,4959,4960,4961,4962,4963,4964,4965,4966,4968,4969,4970,4971,4972,4973,4974,4975,4976,4977,4979,4983,4987,4993,4995,4996,5000,5003,5005,5015,5018,5022,5023,5026,5034,5039,5053,5054,5057,5063,5067,5068,5072,5074,5077,5088,5093,5094,5095,5097,5098	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	3	4882,4883,4884	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	4592,4661,4673,4825	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	4596,4846,4987	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2	5005,5057	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	4967	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	15	4611,4630,4639,4663,4709,4860,4892,4990,5045,5054,5059,5070,5074,5077,5081	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	5067	230
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	4684,4709,4825,4891	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	8	4598,4611,4615,4628,4653,4670,4688,4706	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	4800	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	5072	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	17	4591,4592,4616,4617,4670,4676,4677,4751,4850,5007,5009,5011,5017,5027,5036,5069,5078	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	4687	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	83	4590,4606,4616,4623,4630,4635,4637,4648,4654,4659,4663,4667,4673,4674,4678,4694,4708,4709,4710,4711,4712,4818,4830,4831,4836,4837,4839,4840,4844,4847,4848,4850,4852,4857,4859,4861,4863,4865,4868,4871,4872,4873,4876,4882,4892,4906,4939,4974,4990,4994,4995,5004,5005,5006,5009,5015,5023,5027,5031,5034,5035,5038,5039,5044,5045,5047,5050,5057,5058,5060,5062,5067,5069,5070,5071,5072,5076,5079,5081,5083,5085,5090,5093	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	4882	2349
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	1	5067	89
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	4	4611,4687,4691,4692	249
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	5095	485
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	5044,5071	477
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	3	4611,4637,4831	716
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	4677	494
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	8	4637,4687,4691,4692,4984,5066,5067,5093	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	4	4637,4709,5067,5080	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	129	4598,4599,4601,4602,4603,4605,4606,4607,4612,4615,4618,4620,4621,4624,4626,4628,4630,4635,4638,4639,4642,4643,4647,4648,4649,4650,4652,4656,4661,4663,4664,4667,4669,4670,4673,4678,4680,4683,4684,4687,4688,4691,4692,4695,4696,4697,4698,4699,4701,4702,4706,4708,4709,4710,4711,4712,4713,4715,4726,4739,4740,4742,4766,4767,4792,4796,4811,4818,4819,4830,4831,4836,4837,4840,4843,4844,4850,4851,4852,4854,4857,4861,4862,4868,4871,4872,4873,4876,4891,4892,4902,4903,4905,4906,4920,4924,4938,4939,4961,4974,4984,4990,4995,5003,5005,5009,5023,5026,5034,5039,5047,5050,5053,5054,5057,5059,5060,5063,5067,5069,5072,5074,5080,5081,5082,5092,5093,5094,5097	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	4999	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	7	4607,4624,4652,4677,4818,5045,5082	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	259	4590,4591,4592,4598,4599,4601,4602,4603,4604,4605,4606,4608,4611,4612,4613,4614,4615,4616,4618,4619,4620,4623,4624,4626,4627,4630,4632,4635,4636,4637,4638,4641,4642,4643,4646,4647,4648,4650,4651,4652,4653,4654,4656,4657,4659,4660,4661,4663,4664,4667,4669,4671,4672,4673,4674,4675,4677,4678,4680,4682,4683,4684,4693,4694,4695,4696,4697,4699,4701,4703,4704,4705,4706,4708,4709,4710,4711,4712,4713,4722,4726,4735,4739,4740,4742,4751,4754,4757,4760,4761,4763,4764,4766,4773,4783,4791,4792,4794,4796,4798,4800,4805,4806,4809,4810,4812,4813,4814,4819,4825,4830,4831,4836,4837,4838,4839,4840,4841,4842,4843,4844,4845,4846,4847,4848,4849,4850,4851,4852,4853,4854,4855,4857,4858,4859,4860,4861,4862,4863,4865,4867,4868,4870,4871,4872,4873,4874,4875,4876,4882,4883,4886,4889,4890,4891,4892,4901,4902,4903,4904,4905,4906,4912,4915,4916,4918,4920,4922,4923,4924,4936,4937,4941,4945,4947,4949,4954,4957,4961,4963,4967,4968,4970,4974,4975,4978,4979,4984,4990,4992,4994,4995,4999,5000,5002,5004,5005,5006,5009,5010,5011,5013,5014,5018,5020,5021,5022,5023,5024,5025,5026,5027,5030,5031,5032,5033,5034,5035,5038,5039,5044,5045,5047,5050,5053,5054,5056,5057,5058,5059,5060,5061,5062,5063,5066,5067,5069,5070,5071,5072,5074,5076,5077,5078,5079,5080,5082,5083,5084,5085,5087,5088,5089,5090,5092,5093,5094,5095,5097	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	4677,4999	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	6	4598,4712,4892,5070,5080,5085	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	7	4632,4636,4647,4684,4709,4710,4912	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	64	4598,4602,4603,4605,4606,4608,4611,4615,4618,4621,4626,4635,4637,4639,4642,4648,4649,4652,4656,4675,4678,4680,4682,4687,4697,4699,4701,4705,4706,4709,4710,4711,4712,4713,4715,4726,4740,4763,4800,4818,4831,4840,4846,4880,4904,4920,4922,4926,4945,4963,4967,4984,4995,5005,5012,5013,5018,5023,5034,5067,5072,5091,5093,5097	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	4	4639,5067,5071,5093	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	50	4598,4603,4605,4628,4630,4635,4637,4639,4642,4643,4652,4669,4670,4673,4680,4687,4688,4689,4691,4692,4698,4709,4710,4726,4740,4796,4891,4984,4990,4995,5005,5014,5045,5047,5050,5053,5054,5057,5059,5060,5063,5067,5072,5076,5077,5080,5081,5093,5094,5097	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	4984	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	4709	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	33	4602,4610,4613,4636,4641,4646,4647,4650,4657,4658,4663,4664,4684,4693,4695,4696,4739,4752,4756,4761,4773,4783,4788,4791,4792,4805,4810,4819,4891,4984,5067,5080,5093	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	4	4611,4628,4673,4709	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	9	4598,4673,4687,4691,4692,4709,5067,5080,5093	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	4687,4882	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	5	5020,5022,5068,5088,5095	1476
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	4677	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	4677	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	5095	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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